Iraq vs Israel

Iraq vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 482 million TIV, or 9.76 times that in Iraq.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Iraq vs Israel: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 482 million TIV, or 9.76 times that in Iraq.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Iraq.
  • In 2025, Iraq ranked 56 and Israel ranked 20 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIraqIsraelWorld
202555 million537 million33.3 billion
202480 million237 million30.6 billion
202330 million863 million29.5 billion
202255 million833 million33 billion
2021–458 million26.8 billion
20205 million379 million23.4 billion
2019144 million516 million26.9 billion
2018454 million491 million27.3 billion
2017945 million565 million31.2 billion
20161.83 billion652 million31.4 billion
20151.49 billion694 million28.7 billion
2014629 million549 million27 billion
2013375 million160 million27.4 billion
2012523 million137 million27.9 billion
2011623 million86 million29.9 billion
2010480 million76 million25.8 billion
2009418 million162 million24 billion
2008379 million680 million24.1 billion
2007299 million840 million26.5 billion
2006306 million1.13 billion24.4 billion
2005195 million1.1 billion21.3 billion
200449 million846 million21.3 billion
2003–189 million19.2 billion
2002–350 million17.7 billion
2001–116 million18.3 billion
2000–389 million20.5 billion
1999–1.28 billion25.3 billion
1998–1.3 billion27.9 billion
1997–67 million28.9 billion
1996–105 million23.7 billion
1995–372 million22.9 billion
1994–767 million22.8 billion
1993–716 million25.8 billion
1992–1.34 billion24.3 billion
1991–1.21 billion27.8 billion
1990818 million81 million28.6 billion
19891.51 billion24 million31.7 billion
19881.92 billion582 million32.9 billion
19873.47 billion1.08 billion36.2 billion
19863.39 billion1.18 billion35.5 billion
19853.91 billion295 million33.2 billion
19844.58 billion270 million36.8 billion
19833.38 billion475 million39.1 billion
19823.26 billion866 million41.4 billion
19812.58 billion1.66 billion42 billion
19802.25 billion1.25 billion37.4 billion
19791.4 billion709 million33.3 billion
19781.8 billion1.22 billion39.2 billion
19771.07 billion1.23 billion37 billion
19761.14 billion2 billion33 billion
19751.11 billion1.18 billion34.2 billion
19741.43 billion1.03 billion32.9 billion
19731.85 billion2.18 billion32.6 billion
1972645 million963 million28.7 billion
1971187 million1.41 billion29.3 billion
1970185 million1.19 billion22.1 billion
1969418 million1.37 billion24.7 billion
1968392 million926 million22.4 billion
1967364 million229 million22.1 billion
1966341 million460 million22.4 billion
1965248 million447 million23.1 billion
1964321 million415 million24.2 billion
1963201 million368 million18.1 billion
1962278 million279 million15.5 billion
1961130 million88 million15 billion
1960176 million164 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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